The five best players without a green jacket

April 9, 2013 |Associated Press

With the Masters coming up, here's a look at some of the best who have never won the tournament.

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One of the most popular labels in golf is the best player to have never won a major, which can be looked at two ways. The bad news is that it means a player has never won a major. The good news is that he's at least thought highly enough to be considered.

The best player at Augusta National to have never won the Masters?

That stings a little bit more.

Just ask Greg Norman, who lost by his own doing twice, by an improbable chip-in and to a Spaniard who simply outplayed him. Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf won't forget the 40-foot birdie putt by Jack Nicklaus on the 16th hole in 1975. Ernie Els came close, and he found out how badly it hurt last year when he didn't qualify to return. Masters champions can return the rest of their lives.

Here's five players haunted by never winning the Masters:

Harry How/File

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One of the most popular labels in golf is the best player to have never won a major, which can be looked at two ways. The bad news is that it means a player has never won a major. The good news is that he's at least thought highly enough to be considered.

The best player at Augusta National to have never won the Masters?

That stings a little bit more.

Just ask Greg Norman, who lost by his own doing twice, by an improbable chip-in and to a Spaniard who simply outplayed him. Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf won't forget the 40-foot birdie putt by Jack Nicklaus on the 16th hole in 1975. Ernie Els came close, and he found out how badly it hurt last year when he didn't qualify to return. Masters champions can return the rest of their lives.